Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '21 at 05:38
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 88.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 600 80% 600 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 157 Parallax 163 120% 155 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 151 Splatting 132 113% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,074 Write 7,986 Mixed 8,218 1,879% 8,426 MB/s	4K Read 696 4K Write 298 4K Mixed 398 1,722% 464 MB/s	DQ Read 1,931 DQ Write 1,307 DQ Mixed 1663 1,229% 1,634 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2477 2479 2479 1687 1436 1467 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	392% Outstanding	Read 2,697 Write 2,470 Mixed 1,964 SusWrite 2,004 513% 2284 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 93.6 312% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,638 DQ Write 1265 DQ Mixed 1,425 1,073% 1,442 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 392% Great: 435%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 133 132 130 129 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 168 Write 131 Mixed 106 SusWrite 130 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 98%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 95 95 94 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 109 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 96.1 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.2 318% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 105%
WD WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0 8TB 623 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 187 188 190 193 187 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 263GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 21 21 20 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 64.8 Write 19.1 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 19.9 24% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G F4-2400C15-8GVR Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 29.3 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.5 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 89%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16